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Living and Dying (Room 24)

The Wellcome Trust Gallery

People throughout the world deal with the tough realities of
life in many different ways. The displays in Room 24 explore
different approaches to our shared challenges as human beings,
focussing on how diverse cultures seek to maintain health and
well-being.

The new displays provide case studies on the theme Living
and Dying using material from New Zealand, Ghana, the Solomon
Islands, South America and the North American Arctic.

The displays consider different approaches to
averting illness, danger and trouble, and investigate people's
reliance on relationships - with each other, the animal kingdom,
spiritual powers spirits and the world around us.

Objects range from ancient gold artefacts and sculptures to a
specially-commissioned art installation, Cradle to Grave by
Pharmacopoeia.